Ironton, MO

We arrived in Ironton, MO at about 6pm yesterday evening. The entire way we were threatened with a winter storm warning for most of the region but God kept the snow to our west as we made our way south from Des Moines where we stayed with our friends Julie and Julian on Tuesday night.

You would think we were heading in the right direction from Minnesota in winter, right? Just as we arrived in Ironton it started snowing and temps dropped to MN levels with sub-zero windchills! Nevertheless we were warmly welcomed by Lionel and Sara Smith who founded and run Christian Wings for the World, a missionary pilot training center. Sara had prepared a great meal for us after which we were made to feel very much at home in their basement apartment.

Today the weather was less than ideal for flying so I spent some time becoming familiar with Dove Field and met with Lionel for a few hours in ground school. I can already tell this time is exactly what I have needed to focus my thoughts on aviation in preparation for the TE. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we will get some flying time in starting tomorrow.

I'll try to take some pictures of Dove Field to post soon. In the meantime...


This picture was taken a few days ago in Minneapolis when my brother-in-law Ryan and I were tossing cups of boiling hot water into the -15F air!


Somewhere in southern IA.


A happy camper. Well...most of the time anyway!